Category Archives: Local News

(Atlantic) An Atlantic home was damaged by fire this morning. Atlantic Fire Chief Tom Cappel said they were paged out at 8:07 a.m. to 117 Broadway Street. There were no injuries. Cappel said one perso...

(Creston) The Creston Police Department arrested 38-year-old Melissa Kay Stephenson, of Leon, and 40-year-old Santos Olivera-Martinez, of Creston, on drug charges. Stephenson was charged with Possessi...

(Phoenix) The statue at an Arizona luxury resort that crushed an Iowa boy in November was not secure at its base. The Arizona Republic says a police report showed that the statue and another nearby at...

(Newton) An Iowa man who won the lottery on New Year's Eve says it's time for a new car. Forty-six-year-old Daniel Bragg of Newton has claimed a 150-thousand dollar prize and tells the Iowa Lottery he...

(Waukee) The Iowa Department of Natural Resources says the Coyote population in Iowa is at an all-time high, and Waukee residents can vouch for that. Waukee residents posted videos and warnings about ...

(Atlantic) The bone-chilling temperatures forecast in the coming days could cause various problems, including frozen pipes inside your home. During bitterly cold snaps, Atlantic Municipal Utilities re...

The Iowa Cancer Registry plans to deliver county-specific reports to all 99 counties in Iowa and meet with communities to point out particular policies or trends that might be driving higher rates of ...

(Washington, DC) -- The U.S. Surgeon General is warning about a link between alcohol and cancer. Dr. Vivek Murthy issued a Surgeon General's Advisory on Alcohol and Cancer Risk on Friday saying, "The ...

(Washington) United States Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a combat veteran and a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, announced the Iowa students she is nominating to U.S. Service Academies. "...

(NAFB) Romance scams are well known among many people under 50, but did you know they can hit seniors, even in rural areas? Michelle Reinen is the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture's Administrator o...